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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | How do I get out of Safe Mode? So I just got home from dinner about an hour and a half ago and my computer looked very strange. The colors were all distorted (like watercolors) and the print was very large. It looked like Safe Mode usually does. There was no message screen telling me there was a problem so I'm not sure what the deal is. I've tried rebooting my computer, pressing F8 and selecting "restart normally" AND "Last known correct settings" or whatever it's called. Neither worked. So I changed the color depth on the Control Panel. That fixed the color problem. The color looks normal (kind of) but the print is still very large and it still looks like it's in Safe Mode. Do I have a virus or is there a quick fix solution for my problem? P.S. Earlier this afternoon, my little brother installed a very old PC game on my laptop and left the game on before we left for dinner. I've taken out the game by now but I'm not sure if that was any factor to it's current status. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Colin |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: How do I get out of Safe Mode? Hello Colin, If you are booting into Safe Mode, then step 2 in METHOD TWO of the tutorial below should be able to help boot normally again. Safe Mode Hope this helps, Shawn So I just got home from dinner about an hour and a half ago and my computer looked very strange. The colors were all distorted (like watercolors) and the print was very large. It looked like Safe Mode usually does. There was no message screen telling me there was a problem so I'm not sure what the deal is. I've tried rebooting my computer, pressing F8 and selecting "restart normally" AND "Last known correct settings" or whatever it's called. Neither worked. So I changed the color depth on the Control Panel. That fixed the color problem. The color looks normal (kind of) but the print is still very large and it still looks like it's in Safe Mode. Do I have a virus or is there a quick fix solution for my problem? P.S. Earlier this afternoon, my little brother installed a very old PC game on my laptop and left the game on before we left for dinner. I've taken out the game by now but I'm not sure if that was any factor to it's current status. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Colin |
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| | Re: How do I get out of Safe Mode? It only looks like safe mode. it sounds like the game changed your screen resolution. You were on the right track with color now you just need to go back and adjust your screen resolution to what it used to be.. post back peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Cancel91" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:fce3bb09141b1e3fd113003880ae2e71@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > So I just got home from dinner about an hour and a half ago and my > computer looked very strange. The colors were all distorted (like > watercolors) and the print was very large. It looked like Safe Mode > usually does. There was no message screen telling me there was a problem > so I'm not sure what the deal is. I've tried rebooting my computer, > pressing F8 and selecting "restart normally" AND "Last known correct > settings" or whatever it's called. Neither worked. So I changed the > color depth on the Control Panel. That fixed the color problem. The > color looks normal (kind of) but the print is still very large and it > still looks like it's in Safe Mode. > > Do I have a virus or is there a quick fix solution for my problem? > > P.S. Earlier this afternoon, my little brother installed a very old PC > game on my laptop and left the game on before we left for dinner. I've > taken out the game by now but I'm not sure if that was any factor to > it's current status. > > Help would be greatly appreciated. If I don't answer on here, my email > is c.ancel91@xxxxxx. Thank you for your time. > > Sincerely, Colin > > > -- > Cancel91 |
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